You have arrived at the adoption webpage of Colorado Springs adoption attorney, Thomas H. Terry, Esq. Welcome! We look forward to assiting you. We invite you to relax. While adoption can involve very technical law and procedures, chances are that you are only a phone call away from the help you need at an affordable price. When you hire an adoption attorney, you are trusting that adoption attorney to protect a relationship with a child you care about deeply. You need an adoption attorney who understands just how important your case is to you. Adoption attorney Thomas H. Terry is the father of five, has adopted a child himself, and has years of successful experience representing clients in a variety of adoption matters including:
- Stepparent adoptions (including biological fathers residing in other countries)
- Grandparent and relative adoptions
- Custodial adoptions
- Agency adoptions
- Contested adoptions (including cases where the biological father is incarcerated and fighting the adoption)
We offer low flat fees or hourly arrangements, discounts for multiple children, and quality, personalized service.
Talk to a qualified adoption attorney right away and set your mind at ease. For a FREE initial consultation, call us at (719) 633-0909 or email to action@tomterrylaw.com. * There is no obligation and no pressure. Regardless of the outcome of the meeting you will come away better educated and more confident in your future.
WANT TO KNOW MORE BEFORE YOUR INITIAL CONSULTATION? THE QUESTION ON THE MIND OF MOST NEW CLIENTS IS A SIMPLE ONE:
How do I know if I can adopt a child?
In each Colorado adoption there are two basic questions the court must answer: (1) are you qualified to adopt the child; and (2) is the child available to be adopted. In a stepparent adoption, for example, to determine if you qualify to adopt, the court must consider whether or not the child you wish to adopt has been in your care for a sufficient period of time (usually a year), along with your marital status, and your moral character, including criminal history and especially violent crimes or crimes against a child.
If you qualify to adopt, then the child’s availability to be adopted must be determined. This depends upon whether or not the rights of the child’s biological parents can be terminated. For example, in a stepparent adoption if the stepfather wishes to adopt his stepson, then the court will look to see if there are grounds for terminating the biological father’s rights to the child, thereby making the child available to be adopted.
Grounds to terminate the biological father’s parental rights include failure to pay reasonable support for a period set time set out by statute, abandonment of the child, or the biological father’s consent to the adoption. The stepfather’s wife (the biological mother) also needs to consent. If the child is old enough, then the child must also be willing to consent to the adoption.
The details and level of complexity in an adoption depend partly on the particular type of adoption in question (i.e., stepparent v. agency adoption, etc.). There are certain special rules that govern the adoption of American Indian children.
Special Limited Offer: For a limited time only, we will discount our fees by $50.00 when you mention that you found us on the internet (offer expires three days from today's date. Limitations apply. See us for details).
Phone us now at (719) 633-0909 to find out how we can help you bring your family together through adoption.
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